Tabletop - Merchandise Planner

About the Role

This role will support the Tabletop Direct-to-Consumer business by managing forecasts, purchase order planning, inventory health and in-season performance analysis for our exclusive online assortment. This role will analyze sales trends, product performance, and inventory levels to help ensure the delivery of goods stay on schedule for seasonal and everyday assortments. In addition to planning and forecasting, this person will partner with the e-commerce team on website assortment planning and merchandising opportunities to improve online sales performance across multiple brands.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and review monthly sales forecasts on a product level for our online assortments based on sales trends, seasonality and promotional activity
• Monitor inventory levels, sell-through, weeks of supply, and stock risks to identify replenishment needs, overstock concerns and missed sales opportunities

Plan and manage purchase order recommendations to support inventory availability, sales goals and product launch timelines

• Partner with the E-commerce team to support product launches, promotional planning and site assortment maintenance to ensure items are online when back in stock and taken offline when sold out in a timely manner

Maintain SKU data in our e-commerce platform including key data points related to costing, inventory, fulfillment and duty codes while ensuring product catalogs are published to the correct sales channels

Monitor online customer orders in multiple DTC channels to identify fulfillment issues and partner with customer service and warehouse teams to resolve through shipment follow-up, cancellation or other appropriate action

• Make assortment recommendations, identify gaps in assortment, review sell-through performance to recommend markdowns, promotional support or product discontinuation
• Assist the division with quarterly lifecycle SKU management by reviewing product status and sell-through performance and make recommendations for discontinuations and markdowns

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s level degree
• 2+ years’ experience in demand/inventory planning or e-commerce/DTC merchandise planning
• Experience with SAP and/or Demand Solutions experience a plus
• Strong analytical skills with a commercial mindset for optimal sales opportunities
• Strong attention to detail, ability to multi-task and manage shifting priorities
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

About Lifetime Brands

Lifetime Brands is a leading global provider of kitchenware, tableware and other products used in the home. We offer brands you trust, value without compromise and an unwavering commitment to innovation. Our products make it easier for you to prepare food, serve meals, entertain guests, and decorate your home. We offer a comprehensive suite of benefits, which includes: *All full-time employees (and family members) are eligible to participate in our Medical, Dental, and Vision plans *Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care *Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability *Company Paid Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance *Eligibility in the Company's 401K plan, after 90 days of employment *Paid Time Off (vacation/sick) - accrual of 15 days per calendar year for non-warehouse positions; accrual of 10 days per calendar year for hourly based warehouse positions *10 Company Paid Holidays *Employee Product Discounts *Tuition Assistance *Employee Assistance Program *Volunteer Opportunities- 4 hours of paid optional volunteer time (annually) *Seattle, WA based employees are provided with commute trip reduction incentives *Benefits are offered to employees who work 30 hours or more In addition to the above, we offer voluntary benefits.

Lifetime Brands, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries or hourly rates that Lifetime Brands believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted job. Lifetime Brands expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would Lifetime Brands consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range.